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Mucus in stool:
You may have a bacterial or protozoan infection caused by small worms in your stool. These are easy to get [pinworms] that are transmitted through young children in day care or kindergarten. I suggest speaking with your doctor and bringing in stool specimens to diagnose whether you have this condition. You also may have an inflammatory condition of the intestines. Seek medical attention
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Get checked please:
Blood in stool, regardless of age of the sufferer, is never normal. As such, and although the cause is likely easily explained (e.g. Hemorrhoids, anal fissure), it must be evaluated so serious pathology is not missed or diagnosis delayed.
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More info needed:
If the entire stool is white, that is definitely abnormal and suggests blockage of bile flow. However if some of the stool is colored, then perhaps the white parts are undigested food. If it's been present only a day or two, then it might be okay to watch it for now. If it's persisting for more than a few days, a medical exam would be needed. More information is needed to make any conclusions.
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Actually common:
It's common when someone is constipated that your bowel movements may come out in one large movement, as the feces may form one bulk movement in the rectum while passing through the colon. It sounds like you might need to be about fiber intake, remaining physically active and remaining hydrated. All simple measure to help with constipation. Otherwise seek input from your doctor for help.
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Mucus on stool:
Mucus discharge occurs in up to 50% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, with or without pain. Mucus may also be produced in response to partial obstruction, chronic constipation, rectal dysfunction, infection, & even from secretory villous tumors of the rectum. At the very least stool studies & probably a sigmoidoscopy should be considered, but a more extensive evaluation may be warranted.
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> than if dad didn't:
While Family History of someone w/Crohn's disease is linked to greater risk in others in family, more often than not, it's a sporadic case, meaning there's no genetic link. Check out http://www. Mayoclinic. Org/diseases-conditions/crohns-disease/basics/causes/con-20032061. Current symptoms are not consistent w/Crohn's. Check out http://www. Ccfa. Org/what-are-crohns-and-colitis/what-is-crohns-disease/
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Go see your Doctor:
If you have not already been to your family doctor, it would seem to me that the question and history you gave us is the very definition of when one should be in touch with their family doctor.
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Consider diet:
Changes. In order to feel good and have regular normal bowel movements, you should eat a diet including lots of water, and fresh fruits and vegetables, and low in fat. Eating small amounts frequently, including small amounts of low fat protein, can help stabilize blood sugars and decrease feelings of fatigue and irritability. Hope you feel better.
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Brown is OK!:
Baby poop is lots of different colors and can change from day to day for any baby. One day brown, one day yellow, one green. The worrisome colors are dark black after the first few days of life (cuz your first poop is blackish meconium), red poop or pure white poop. I suppose purple would be weird too! As his digestive tract matures, consistency will also vary. And yes, baby poop stinks!
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Black stools:
Black stools are not good. My guess is that the "silver" look is less black. Bleeding in your stomach can be a serious problem. Other causes are taking iron or peptobismol. If this is recent then see your doctor soon. If you are feeling weak then see your doctor now!
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Digestion:
Many vegetables are partly indigestible and pass thru the digestive tract in whole or in part. Dietary fiber consists of non-starch polysaccharides such as arabinoxylans, cellulose, and many other plant components you can't digest and pass thru you.
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Medicine may do it:
Bismuth can sometimes color stool--usually grey. Diseases that affect the intestine may cause blood to be in the stool, or the stool to be black. Infections and parasites cause changes that need to be seen under a microscope, not the changes that you describe. Try stopping the pepto bismol (bismuth subsalicylate) to see if the white chunks disappear.
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A formal evaluation:
It is probably just something you are eating but to be on the safe side I would have a complete physical exam and perhaps blood tests and stool test if it persists. If the stool changes back to brown and stays that way then likely no further testing needed.
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Fibrous material:
Dietary fiber can conglomerate into little chunks in the stool. Depending on the source of the fiber, it could take on the color of peanuts. Certainly nothing I would worry about.
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Take to your doc:
Parasites not usually chunky. I suggest sending a picture to your doctor or taking the poo in for him to look at. It it perhaps parasites then the poop can be sent for evaluation.
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How long, other Sx?:
If this clears up in 24-48 hours you need not do anything, but if accompanied by fever, abdominal pain, or other symptoms (nausea, vomiting, etc.), take yourself to the doctor.
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Need better chewing:
In order to see chunks of vegetables in the stool, a person has to swallow chunks of vegetables. One can try chewing his food thoroughly, and then see if his stools become normal. For example, a person eating mashed potatoes never sees chunks of potato in his stool.
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